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Tim Kaine: “You would be the IG of the largest IG operation in the US…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 03:48

So I pledge to you to follow the letter and tenor of the statute. Thank you for that. One other question. You would be the IG of the largest IG operation in the US Government. I guess you kind of compete with hhs, but I think you're probably the largest. And I believe that the complement of employees in the DoD IG is about 1,500. (03:48–03:53)

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Asserts that the Department of Defense Inspector General is the largest IG operation in the US Government.

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